Shinkiro

RELEASES
2005 "Deep Blue+Remixed by Hybryds" CD+MCD(athanor)
Debut release by Shinkiro from the futuristic city of Osaka, Japan. We have great hopes for this fantastic CD, music could be the perfect soundtrack for films like Dark Water, Kairo or Cure. not so astonishing in our opinion for someone living so near the dark waters of the Yodos river. Dark ambiances with percussions and a few samples of smooth women voices. The sound has been once again remastered for the best pleasure by Andreas Resch of Minox Lay. The digipack also looks stunning and initial copies (500) of the CD comes with a bonus MCD with 4 reworked tracks by Hybryds.
2008 "Way Of The Gods" CD (athanor)
Athanor is proud to present the second album by japanese artist Manabu Hiramoto as Shinkiro
While the first album was urban and influenced by the deep dark atmospheres of the futuristic city of Osaka, Shinkiro's new album focuss on a more personal path influenced by Shinto, Buddhism and Manabu's relocation by the country side.
The sound of the new album is made of deep dark soundscapes mixed with percussions, soundsources of rain, winds, sea, trees, waves and birds. Though the album is dark ambient and ritualistic in essence, it also has a meditative and contemplative touch which may please fans of Steve Roach, Robert Rich or Alio Die.
2008 Jack Or Jive "Kokorobito" CD (Ultra-Mail Prod.)
This release was published to commemorate the Jack Or Jive live performance at the Hong Kong Art Centre, in Hong Kong on December 21st, 2008. It consists of a compact disc and a fourteen page A5 size booklet. This item was presented "free" to the audience, as the cost was included in the price of a concert ticket. Shinkiro involves 3 tracks, "Nen-Jyu", "Cold Mist" and "Way Of The Gods Theme III (Remixed by Jack Or Jive)".
2011 Empusae & Shinkiro "ORGANIC.AURAL.ORNAMENTS" CD (Ant-zen)
empusae is a project created by sal-ocin who is also a member of various other projects such as this morn' omina, tzolk'in, project arctic and also works as a live member of ah cama-sotz and in slaughter natives.
sal-ocin is always open-minded about working together with other artists, as can be heard on this album: a liaison with manabu hiramoto a.k.a. shinkiro from osaka, japan who collaborated with artists like contagious orgasm, hybryds and jack or jive, and who has also made releases under the name kotodama.
organic.aural.ornaments is based mostly on track-sources from manabu supplemented by sal-ocin. both artists' aural characteristics merge perfectly: shinkiro's cinematic dark soundscapes with a meditative touch blend with empusae's
haunting ritualistic ambience and enthralling melodies. varied rhythmic structures ranging from tribal to minimalistic sequences loom out of the vast, lamenting synth sounds - a kaleidoscope of ethereal atmospheres, both enthralling and enchanting. in sal-ocin's words, the term 'organic' fits perfectly concerning the result of this collaborative work. two artistic minds fused into one, creating a movie without visuals or dialogue. organic.aural.ornaments is waiting for you
to step through the frame and into an imagined world, and we highly recommend taking the chance.
COMPILATIONS
2005 "Fairy World 2" Jack Or Jive with Shinkiro (prikosnovenie)
2007 "AUDIOTION-Sonic Tribute to Takashi Miike" 2CD (vital)
2007 "MARE NERO / 60.000 Miles Of Arteries" (static migration records)
2010 "THE DEVIL IN LOVE : A Soundtrack to the 1772 Occult Novel" 2CD (Malört Förlag)
DISTRIBUTORS
ATHANOR(FRANCE)
http://www.arsregia.org/
ANT-ZEN(GERMANY)
http://www.ant-zen.com/
LOKI FOUNDATION(GERMANY)
http://www.loki-found.de/
DRONE RECORDS(GERMANY)
http://www.dronerecords.de/
MALIGNANT RECORDS(USA)
http://www.malignantrecords.com/
COLD SPRING(UK)
http://www.coldspring.co.uk/
TESCO(GERMANY)
http://www.tesco-germany.com/
OLD EUROPA CAFE(ITALY)
http://come.to/old.europa.cafe/
STEINKLANG(AUSTRIA)
http://www.steinklang-records.at/
CYCLIC LAW(CANADA)
http://www.cycliclaw.com/
EQUILIBRIUM(PORTUGAL)
http://www.equilibriummusic.com/
MONOCHROME VISION(RUSSIA)
http://www.monochromevision.ru/
GRAVITY SWARM RECORDINGS(JAPAN)
http://gsr56.shop-pro.jp/